Christoph Heibl wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I want to run latex from an R script:
>
> system("latex mysource.tex")
>
> or:
>
> texi2dvi("mysource.tex", pdf = TRUE, clean = FALSE, quiet =
> TRUE, texi2dvi = latex)
>
> but latex does not seem to be on the search path:
>
> /bin/sh: line 1: latex: command not found.
>
> Although 'printenv PATH' tells me that the usr/texbin is looked for
> executables:
>
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
>
> Or am I wrong here?
>
> In any case this is strange because if I call latex from the Terminal
> shell it runs without problems. On the other hand texi2dvi from the
> tools package also does not work (for the same reason?)
>
> I use R version 2.6.2 on Intel Mac OS X 10.4.11
>
> Why is there a difference between the way the call to latex behaves
> directly in the shell or via the R system () command?